NACCO Industries (NC) versus The Competition Financial Review

NACCO Industries (NYSE: NC) is one of 33 public companies in the “Coal” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare NACCO Industries to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

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This table compares NACCO Industries and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Gross Revenue

Net Income

Price/Earnings Ratio

NACCO Industries

$856.44 million

$29.60 million

6.07

NACCO Industries Competitors

$867.86 million

$68.02 million

158.33

NACCO Industries’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than NACCO Industries. NACCO Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

NACCO Industries has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NACCO Industries’ competitors have a beta of 0.89, suggesting that their average share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares NACCO Industries and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins

Return on Equity

Return on Assets

NACCO Industries

6.75%

18.54%

7.13%

NACCO Industries Competitors

-226.67%

7.23%

2.46%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for NACCO Industries and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

Sell Ratings

Hold Ratings

Buy Ratings

Strong Buy Ratings

Rating Score

NACCO Industries

0

0

0

0

N/A

NACCO Industries Competitors

217

671

1064

22

2.45

As a group, “Coal” companies have a potential upside of 27.36%. Given NACCO Industries’ competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NACCO Industries has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

47.9% of NACCO Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.6% of shares of all “Coal” companies are held by institutional investors. 30.6% of NACCO Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of shares of all “Coal” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

NACCO Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. NACCO Industries pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Coal” companies pay a dividend yield of 7.8% and pay out 71.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.